95.2% of residents of Fort Myers Beach speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 594 (8.2%)
(71.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 80.4%Number of people working at home: 174 (7.4% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,350 (70%)

Carpooled: 594 (18%)

Taxi: 43 (1%)

Bicycle: 55 (2%)

Walked: 142 (4%)

Worked at home: 174 (5%)

First ancestries reported:

American: 880

German: 563

Irish: 410

English: 222

Italian: 214

Polish: 128

Dutch: 125

European: 86

French (except Basque): 84

Canadian: 66

Swedish: 56

Norwegian: 45

Scotch-Irish: 36

Finnish: 35

Welsh: 22

Czech: 20

Scottish: 18

Armenian: 17

Danish: 16

Serbian: 16

Russian: 14

Lebanese: 11

Lithuanian: 10

Belgian: 10

French Canadian: 10

Estonian: 10

Eastern European: 9

Portuguese: 7

Romanian: 7

Slovene: 7

British: 6

Northern European: 6

Swiss: 6

Hungarian: 5

Austrian: 4

Ukrainian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

17%Cuba

16%Canada

13%Italy

8%Germany

5%Guatemala

4%England

4%Netherlands

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 441

Other state: 6,110

Northeast: 1,845

Midwest: 3,334

South: 696

West: 218

94% of Fort Myers Beach residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Florida.